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AUGUST , 1916
TeCtratt process sne ur cry rurenaea
=eke bins the center of things and
Is* t he had a good time, He
-__ bier of that tremendous liaar-
f howerrer,. for after moving throug
h
introchactions with a cordtaiease'
which not only delighted but aarprised
bet, until she was reminded Oa he
ed been, introduced to more tietlablesl
than she would probably ever see. he'
quietly disappeared into Marley's den
and smoked fat cigars in calm come
with a stein of cool been at, hie el
iaew, /tartan the yotmg people to enjoy
Asir hilarity without the damper . of
this presence.
Molly, mindful of her duties as host- mean. You've been so goo
teas,dropped in occasionally to see that appreciate it so, but it is
die was -satisfied, and each time she
(d him in exactly the same position,
pea placidly contented as he could pos
gory. have been in the little back room
sof the Occident saloon. On one of her
miens, after answering in the ail rma-
lave her inquiry if he was all right, he
'rose from his comfortable nest in the
beg leather chair.
"I suppose we eat," he guessed.
`1 think you'd 'call it bluff,"
aanghingly returned.
*`I get you," he replied.
locations. Souvenirs?"
"The usual."
"Hand 'em these," and he thrust into
ter- bands two bundles of small envel-
opes, red ones and white ones.
She looked at them blankly
lament
get you," she smiled, flushing
"tightly as she wondered whether her
isdoption of his phrase was flattery or
p 1cule, "Red ones, in honor of the
'roses, are for girls, and the white ones
ten the boys. What are they?"
"Aw, nothing much," he diffidently
replied as he resumed his seat "Sea-
son tickets for grand opera week in
±he red ones and for the Athletic club
lights in the white ones. Admit two.
'Well, is your party a hit?" he anx-
iously inquired. t
"It's a scream:" ` she paid, unable to
control her laughter. "Really, lair.`
Sledge, 1 hays you to thank for I th
{e
most extrati a ntly joyous oecasio at
which I haw ever had the good or -
tune to
resid
"We'll open her another notch' beat
time," he confidently promised he
"Molly, marry me:''
"Oh, it's Impossible" be bin
"Really, I'm sorry; Mr. Sledge. I kno
it's my own fault, but I didn't mean
to go this far. I don't mean the
that is—well, I don't know what
d, and I
impossi'bl
usee?
she
"Mostly dec-
a MO -
Is it all right?"
"Is it all right? It's glorious!" site
assured him, with .shining eyes.
De lighted with this unmatchable non-
eity. Jolly was herself placii.,g the
red and white envelopes at the cover:
in the dining room when Bert Glider
found her there and closed the door
after himself.
"Molly, you're mitering this Sledge
joke too far!" be hotly charged.
"Who elected you?" she quietly
wanted to know and laid a white en-
velope at his place with extreme erre
sxrgling the corner of it just s9,.
"Both of us, I hope,'' he stated. dis
playing a warning signal by pulling at
the top of his collar to give his throat
more room. "Molly"— And he advent,
ed toward her. -
The symptoms were unmistakable.
Molly, having rounded the end of the
table, slipped out through the pantry
door and handed her remaining en-.
velopes to the intellectual looking but-
ler.
"Place these on the table just as 1
have done. Alternate red and white
ones," she kindly directed, and the
next time Bert saw her she was the
live center of the Laughing taffy pull -
kg,. She had preferred to escape
rather than to treat this matter either
seriously or flippantly when she was
annoyed' with him.
At U:30 Mr. Marley, with the worry
et eight nbseatt mothers on his own
shoulders, was fretting over some in-
vention to send them home when the
cards split open in the wide stretch of
vacant land across the street and
ejected into the sky, with a loud, un-
earthly noise, a tremendous assortment
of fiery meteors, mostly red. Roman
candles in reckless bunches shot up
from behind every bush, skyrockets
dragged their spiraling tails through
all the available circtimambience, while
fancy bombs carried their aerial float
ees and other brilliant pyrotechnical
.surprises into all the celestial terra
tory h--Rice-rt) unoccupied.
Through it all Sledge stood as im-
movable and as impassive as if he had
!been giped to the spot and frozen.
F ven when the display flowed out into
the middle of the highway and piled
rap the street cars for two blocks in
►both directions he remained a calm
and disinterested spectator. The pres-
ddent of the traction company was
thrown into extreme agitation by this
excess of zeal, for he had some con
sideration for the feelings of the pub-
lic, and he rushee right out to restore
the scattered schc :ule.
"Here, what's til.;?" he demanded of
a demon with a :.:Hoke blackened face.
"Why are you hu ding up the cars?"
"Sledge's orders," replied the demon,
lighting the fuse of a red rose set
piece. "Ile said everything Fent, and
s going•"
Mr. Marley came back.
eled;.;e was no longer on the porch.
Molly bad slipped in to wrap up some
rake for Baby Peters, and Sledge, who
seemingly saw nothing, had followed
her-
I simply couldn't. Don't y
"You'll come around to 1
"I bet I don't'" she b
"What'll you bet—Sma
Bob?"
"Anything you liker'
agreed, furious enough to
"You're on," he said.
CHAPTER 111.
An Engagement Without
ERT,eannored by tbe
the evening, but
some extent by
plicable and delig
of manner toward him in
half hour before the par
persed. took his thou ;htf
Sledge's machine. and prep
usual welcome Silence, w
eshe knew him had a rig
from the reticent boss,
prise, however, Sledge tal
"Great party Molly ha
the donor of the fireworks
sic and the passes and th
"A feverish success,"
"Molly is inclined to gtv
credit for it."
"She can have anything
stated Sledge. t"I'm boli'
her."
"Did she say so?" inquii
"Not yet," acicnowledi+
"She's thinking it over•"
"Oh!" returned Bert, tri
and smiling in the dark -nes
placently twirled his mai
had a good one on Molly.
"What_tlme am I to se
morning about that Porsor
he inquired, determined n
discuss the lady.
"Eleven o'clock."
Bert went into the
amused and wholly vexe
be very funny to see th
big boor making a fool
but the joke was entire'
the fact that at the sam
making a foal of every
Bert knew. to the n sha
street railway and Gas
stock Marley held. The
needed vastly increa
tion facilities, and with
these would come an. in
ley wealth and influence
a very handy thing for
estate dealer to have .th
a rapidly exp nding
company for a father -in-
to sleep, dreaming ple
tensions and subdivision
Information on factory
Molly, of course!
He awoke determin
these dreams or to dis
find others. Molly ba
eept him or definitely
loose after what other
be in the sea. The ab
ing Sledge fora rival w
endure.
He went to his office,
traha of thought with hi
marketing of the Porso
to the First National to
ten thousand on the ne
arranged at the Germs
extension of certain of
would have to be dexo
his ten thousand ava
complete - the cash p
Bc':,.lix demanded. Th
met : erg disposed of,
r
1
•
'4;ASTOR 1A
Iriam'and
intisteForOwecif liken
Ateiszobeerte
••:1 e v 1 comfy out?" h
'• len?" drawled a
"I'. at away,"
••i\ ' she drawled ag i
"Bu t . Molly, I must se
ously insisted. "It's i
•`It always is," she la,
it about this time?"
"Oh, the same old
knowledged, "only more
"You're crowding t
gether," chided Molise!
is the first time by tele'
"I didn't mean it to b
sized. "You've trapped
taken away any chant•
of persuasiveness. No
will be the same old at
"Not necessarily," ' was her astound-
ing reply, in the same .
"What!" he gaspet
aga in."
"Not necessarily," sh
he caught the sound
giggle.
"You're teasing rut*,
"You don't mean that
right answer1 this time
"It depends on what
the right answer,"
"The one I've always
"What one is that?"
a Kitts.
events +f
loved o
fly's ire
ul chin e
e pleas it
had d
place i +
ed for se
,ich -those
to a .. et
o his s
d.
observed
nd the
•ed rose
reed
, ou al).
rt.
he
he wan 5,"
to, ma ry
d Bert.
ed Siege.
ch retie ed
He c- m
tache.; He
you in
propert
t furt lei
be
?"
to
house, alt
It � �h
t
blunde ing
of him elf,
ruined ibye
time tie as
y else.
how uch
nd Elle crit
owing City
transp rta
e inures e of
ease of' ar-
It mi;g t be
young real
preside t of
eet nal Way
w. ent
antly o I ex-
and adv ce
ites--an of
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Tell others How They Were
CaiTied Safely Through
Change of Li0.
Durand, Wis.-4" I int the mother of
fourteen children, and I owe my life to
Lydia B. Pinkham's.
Veget ble Com-
pound, hen I was
45 and had the
Chan; of Life,
a f r i e d recom-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel-
ings that I too k
several bottles. I
am now well and
healthy and recom-
mend. our Compound to other ladies."
--'Mrs. MARY RIDGWAY, 1)hrand, Wis.
A --IW $saehusittsWoah 1 nWrittes:
BI stone, Mass. - " My troubles
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sick f r three y4rs, 1 had' hot fissile
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---Mrs PIERRE COURNOYERt, Box 239
Black tone, Ms s.
Such' warning symptoms as sense o
suffocaltlon,hot daahes,headacbes,back
sches,dread ofpending evil, timidity
noun in the imitation .of th
heart,: ;sparks before the 'eyes, irregu
......��i, cons
'Sisk leas and ' 'herald beheede
by mi a -aged en. Lydia R. Pink
ham' Vegetable Compou nd.has carrie
many Ivomen safely through thi* crisis
to con
Ws the
either
to turn
h there
rdity of
too nen
„
dividin.
plans f+
tract, h
tire a 1
propert
bunk f
r loans
ed if be
ble fun
chase
e more1
e calle
demand
nguid v
n.
you,” h
portant.'
shed. "
ete
and
AC-
him
ight
hay-
h to
ties; variable appetite
"Yes,
66
/'Yrs
.{V
"Xes
mand
"1ll.
"Ieif -Sey,1 Bert, 1 don't like th
all plc inum settings. 1 like the gol+
with a platinum prongs. Size s
and a alf." !!
"I'n cheated,' be -earnestly complain
ed. "There ate certain formalitie
which I am keenly missing. I'm ,coin
ing out." i
* * . * 1 *, * , * *
The governor'r ball being considers
by common consent•the first social go
of the season, !after which lesser s+
tial lights mi4tht ,presume to shin
with 'authorization, everybody wh
wits anybody. madeit ii. point to b
there and coiipare artillery. The
made 3t a spec ai point this year sinig
Governor Wav z''s term was expirin.
and a share at feast of the governor
social glory wduld nickel• out with b
he biurtad.
what?"
1•you?"
what?" he confusedly d
this
r the
rried
an of
and
t' an
hick
used
s to
hich
rgent
nil
d.
hing." e
so."
em dos
"Moreov
hone. I
office
Mol
mom
duets
mode
priet
visit,
cons(
swi
seri-
at's
ac -
r to-
n, this
bink-"
so," he apolo-
it and
t have
pose it
me into
I migh
✓ I sup
we r."
tacks. -
Molly
"Wow
Senator
to her?
"That
neve th
'TB
for tha
promise
"You'
compli 1.
up that
do you
"He's
Sledge
calmly.
"Does
ged P'
look so
habit -o,
you th
most o
- "The+
"I bel
sorrow
lost e
nese, p
"Poo
ham,
old thi
accoun
earth
"Had
cludin
Sledge
Sledge
Bert
prope
vest
know
"I do
does 5
"Sle •
~Do
gel.
morro
consci
can't
The
a slen
ly tow
"Is
anxiou
"It i
ly assi
"Th•
with
cessfu
his w
and a
ing ai
prize
Em
paten
follow
geous
tocra
dispa
e
s
s
y Marley in the first breathing
t after the grand circle of inti,
ns led 'Fern about the stately
I an air ofpr
i`n with mans
i•ship, fob' this was her seco
and she ;displayed swithglee tt
_evatory fountains, , the marb
ing pods, the pipe organ,
outdq+r sleeping rooms and the sunik
gardens, all 'of }which she bad menti
ed t Sledge the previous day. . 5
had not knon until afterward th
she bad bad this very place in mind.
"Itis a dream!" declared Fern, wi
awed enthusia m. "Wouldn't you li
to own a woiderful place like t,
Molly?"
"It isn't worth the moral pric
judged Molly, looking about the be,
tiful grounds with a sigh, of actin
time neverthe'ess. "It would be ni
trough, after
"Mrs. Wav
it;" wondered Fern. "She hides
leepy drawl.
- "Say • that
repeated. and
of a repressed
' he protested.
w to have the
she finally admitt
doesn't seem to erej
Much as possible, I think.
"She bas neer overcome her feat
rising t►heng fork," guessed Me
',`That wasn't nice, Fern," site quid
added. "M Waver is a good, sw
woiaian, like my own mother, _ oh
Idon`t believe she is quite comfo
in all this magnificence. Gove
WitVer, on th other hand, likes It
,consequently looks as if he belon
heel"
".'hat's . the trouble with most
riages," obseed Fern from the de
of her twen -one years of wisd
"They're sounequal, It's pert
ghastly, Moity', for either a man
Woman to marry beneath one's
capabilities df expansion."
"What does it say on the next pa
lstighed Moll*.
They were winding up out of
quaintly lighted sunken gardens,
they both stepped to admire the
ly severe beauty of the big white
ble .house as it lay gleaming la
moonlight 1
' That there's no danger of that
you and Bert, you lucky girl,"
Fern, .with • a queer note in her
at which Molly wondered. "Be
dandy fellow. It makes me bop
Wad on your account when any
knocks him"
"Has the Lord. Help the Ab
Member club got at him, too?"
'holly, with a smile. "I thought
women were eligible for diiscussiQ
"They take . anybody," dryly ;
mented Fern. "But, after all,
you who are up:"
"Mel" gasped Molly.
Worst about myself."
"You've made a sensational hit,'
g ed Fern, ''and tbat's enough to
you to -the i electrical chair any
However, Fthey're taking it o
pity." • I
"They must bate me, then."
felt assured at last ofher se
"But why Pity?"
"Bert," responded Fern.
here."
-He telephoned me this afterno'in he
Alight be :late." said Molly, Beth a
alightly worried air. -What of I `r"
"Common ntali c, On view in the
c loakroorxi• huts it that Inc is ::t the
tri'esent moment nu l9reeenta191e'' sten
t,d Fern and waited, It ss uind be
i,isurd it' i,t xvere t9.+,t 'o mean. 'I g;aee
one cat a :piece of tiny uriti l :liken it.
. i mean by
wanted."
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THE HURON
EXJkJSITOB
,wled at t be description.
she WA; rod "That's airs.
Allerton: What did yo o pay
she seemed -' Happy o be -
worst and th.rt"—
rve you my Little spangle fan
as SOOR as we go home,"
, MoUy,
e almost as liberal as Sledge,"
ented Ferre. "I, wouldn't give
spangle ran for worlds. What
uppose is keeping Bert, Molly'?"
probably •filewed,' to use the
dictionary," responded :Molly
that mean the same els jag-
icated," elucidated Molly.''Lon't
hocked, Fern, Bert isn't the
it. Any of the boys tell
t he's so sober he breaks up
their parties."
why did he show off tong at?"
eve they call it drowning their
explained Molly quietly. !"He
erytbing; --today—money, busi-
ospects, Sledge broke Wine'
Berta" sympathized the Warm
Fern, "Why, that putty ced
! Molly! He did it on our
1 Isn't he clever!. Be on
d he work it?"
Bert tie up all his money', in -
some he borrowed, in pro erty
depreciated in value, hen
had the bark call the oan.
•'t pay, and the bank se the
► . Moreoyer, nobody oil in -
Bert's enterprises since ithey
t+at Sledge is against him:"
+'t blame him for getting—what
edge ca11 it??"
ou• r' asked Fern.
1 probably feel sorry for it to -
evaded Molly. "A- nan's
nce usually 3inrts him witch' he
t„
had neared the house, ar
er figure in black came
rd them.
hat you, Molly?" inquire
voice of Brink Marley.
your -fair daughter," she
red him.
y are missing you," he dec
11 the responsibility of a
showman. "The governs
fe, Senator Allerton, the rl
dozen others have been h
out you. You are this
eauty," and he laughed pr
arrassed by the display _lfe ap-
ly wished to make of her, Molly
ed him into the maze of gor-
drawing rooms, where the aris-
y of Ring county and the state
ed its evening clothes in con-
stantly shifting array.
The mayor himself. a keen eyed
youu• man with a preternaturally
bald end and a reputation whish fol-
lowes ►him about like a black cat came
hurrying up to her with ber dance
r in his hand. With him was
ging old bean with a professibn-
i y killer smirk, whom he intro -
by an unintelligible na a and
as penance
or all
to Ferna e
d
P
isdeeds.
ey're already forming fc
march," the mayor infoi!in
led the way to the big ba
the•magn)Qcent pipe organ.
had coveted for a year.
line was half formed, a
e was filling rapidly am
laugleing confusion as th
riled with her down tow
e of the hall,where the gc
dy stood with his lady.
here is our place?" asked Molly,
ng rapidly. There was ► stats
or, a world famous socioldgist, a
pian of 'international reputation
and three state representative . The
maylir probably would be about] No. 8.
"0 , I'm not your partner," he re-
gret ed., "I'm not so lucky. don't
even get to dance with you until No.
rad, to Molly's breathless delight;
d -her straight up to the eminent
logist, who stood immediately be -
the governor.
e eminent sociologist, who ander
title bad sounded so forbidding,
ed to be a young looking man
a dancing eye, who hailed her
joy and unspokenly clairined at -
on solely on his merits as a "live
ber."
e found it difficult as he smiled
ankly and boyishly at her to re-
ber that this was a man whose
was known throughout the civ -
world for his leen thoi ht upon
_ economy In fta bYoadeit seise,
t be
asteinidbi pat of It Was that
e.111114,
now
apid-
the
light -
fared
sue -
and
ayor
quir-
ear's
udly.
progr
a ga
al la
duce
hand
her ,
"TI
grata
as h:
with
Mol1,
Tb
para
muc
or b
cent
alre
,r
tigur
genal
tnusi
had a botable partner for every dance
but a brilliant lt;trtner for every tete
a -tete .between numbers. and the al
most equally happy. though not sl
highly' favored, Feria warned her. in t
giggling, whispered rotnent. to keel
her lark to the wall lest she be :ant)
bed. Iler cup of happiness was i'ul
when the famous mtisic•iati, a near
sighted ratan who wore his hair shor
and Iuispeeted her rapturously throng)
half incb thick. glasses. composed
sparkling little her at a pian
rondo
for
r the
ed her
Vroom
which
3d the
t . with
may -
rd the
vernor
S."
he 1
soci
Lan
Ti
that
pro
wit
wit
tent
me
so
"Tell ml
"IIE
ked
nly
m -
t is
the
send
lace -
t in
oldy
.cess.
isn't
Ole l'eatbc+r chiiinerl Ivvoni:iii ‘1, it
tIitrlilc cotytlolc•n,•r
It':!'r tri°ire !c 1iii'I' a with brass 1u"-
:
tIa'
t•1 on
JONI
WINS,
11,0
Nut. Aiiorton, the of Val
I just )ekted bar leek ,
daggers tate her shoulder Madan'
• dlyr 1abresiaa a,to It
thi, purple c dolenee rib s
tib ea 'whit • furniture ,
tbroegai bee at the Mier metal'
Bettglas, Wham she had Dale'
rathle8 3 bound.
Idle cast ker eyes down,$
Inspected Her Rapturously Throuil
Half Inch Thick Glasses.
quiet little alcove and named • 1
fly'' and wrote it on her dance earl
In the space of seven minutes.
t, he had danced, with her tw•
hers before and had bad time t
of her—possibly to think of he
endo terns.
casionally she caught sight o
ge in the throng, although she has
seen him on the floor, and she real
that her number with him woul+
"sit out." Perhaps that was wh:
ad been put down so far in th
am, when she would welcome
It was like his doing, for sh
to acknowledge that he was a
In a
"Mo
all
Trot
num
thin
in r
Oc
Sled
not
!zed
be
it h
pro]
rest
bad
muck satiaractlon, rat
simple frodit
en white chiffon. Only y
a , • figure could dare a 1
and, happy in ber new
M . i glanced at the dance f progranc-
w .9 ch had been made out for her.
he caught her breath wi •incred
us joy as she yaw her llotment
ery notable in the gather$ ; was or
card, beginning; with the governor
. 9 was Sledge, and she ondered
art of fig
er OWN,
of petttt
Hath ani'
r'os'e lite
enemies
ul
ES
he
N
ss th dawning horror, what s
e he would be in the dancer
CHAPTE8 iV.
Molly's Dizzy Popular'ty.
II1 S sped •.;e evening. will
Molly ciiiuiii• :-' the dizzy height
of popuit ••' ' ai hourly increas
'
i•`,c F,... irs,:,9�-r: t. She not old'
Children Cry
FOR `=LETCHER'S
leant farsighted.
O#ie thing perplexed her. He wa
inueh less awkward and much more a
ease here then he had been at he
iiarty. Whenever she saw him he wa
ta1l:ing gravely with men of large al
faliis, and, to her surprise. she obsery
ed that, in every case, he was accordes
notable respect. Even the musicia:
ned absorbedly interested in hlrr
I her leading millionaire came bac
lint again and again. She wonder
why men sought hint, 'and she wa
I wondering when the eminent sa
ogist fairly snatcbed her out of th
arips of the mayor after the. eightl
tin
ret
itb
Sue
tint'.
to
ed
etii
trio
star perfoer into her -net as If t'ley
had been droves of sheep. True, men
had sought Iter a seeond time of their
own accord because of that chance
which she knew she posse d. --a
vaguely understood stttractiveness.
which was more than beauty. more
than cleverness, more than mere sex'
receptiveness. She had won by hen
own power, but Sledge had given her
the glorious opportunities. His omnip-
otence began to annoy her and Ills,
ruthlessness to inflame her already In-
flamed resentment
She knew precisely what was hap-
pening at this moment. He was creat-,
ing havoc in not leas than half a dozen
dance cards, with no compunetion
about having discommoded or dis-
tressed an one. Then there was Bert
downtown battling with a disaster
which had thrown him completely
from bis feet. Poor Bert! She had by
no means forgotten him, even .amid
the height of her excitement. She
should have been there to comfort hum,
and yeti—well, he had not seen fit to
come to her for comfort. Men were
queer creatures. A woman when di*
aster overtook her did not need to
deaden her intelligence. She needed it
then more than ever.
After all, though, Bert was a man.
and that was the way of men, and
there was no use to dream of overturn-
ing the entire accepted order of crea-
tion. She was certain, however, that
she Could be of more help to Bert aft-
er
fter they Were married. He was weak-
er than she had thought.
Very well; Sledge had thrown down
the gage of battle. He had laughed
wheis be was threatened and had ruin
ed Bert in challenging defiance. Let
him now take the consequences. "I1 he
went to the penitentiary, well . and
good. He had probably sent other pee-'
ple there, with no more gnaarns of
mercy than she would nowshow to
him She could be as ruthhids . as he.
What was it Professor Watt bad call-
ed the quality? Elemental force—that
waa1-it Well, she possessed it too.
She' felt it within her, stirring with
the 'same :physical nascency as the vi-
rility of parenthood, to which It was
so elosely, allied.
Just oft the governor's stuffed. leath-
er library was a small room, with a
hard desk and six hard chairs, and a
hard looking letter file, and a hard, fire-
pro4f safe let into the wail, and here.
while Lord Bunnchase Ied Molly Mar-
ley ;through the paces of a hard two-
step, Governor Waver and Senator Al-
Ierton and Sledge and Frank Marley
gathered for a few moments of com-
fortable chat such as .elderly gentle-
men love to indulge in while frivo
lou* younger people dance the flying
hours away. All four being gentle-
wentwho, by the consent of the pub-
lic, : bore the egrave responsibility of
the public welfare on their shoulders,
it Was not strange that their chat
ihauld turn to public . affairs. •
am glad to be identified with the
enterprise," avowed State Senator AI
faced
nave clean
lemon, who was a suave,
gentleman, with a good forehead and
a delta negotiable tongue. "At the
•acne time, as far as I am privately'
concerned, I can only regard it as to
temporary investment."
"Why temporary??" demanded Frank
Marley who was feeling _particularly
capable this evening. His $175,000
werth of street railway stock had been
in eased to $262,00. He was to haze
;87,500 cash out of the undivided sur-
plus of the old company, and his daugh-
te1r, Molly, was the most popular girl
at the governor's ball. "The street rail-
way company has always made money,
and the _ city needs additional trans -
Natation facilities. We have reached
the normal period of extension, and I
do not see what is to prevent us from
limitless prosperity."
"The franchises," Senator Allerton re-
minded him. "Your present permits
have less than five years to run."
"I have never had any trouble in hav-
ing them renewed," objected M-arley,
priding himself on his management.
"Times are changing," sighed Aller -
Una "There is a- growing disposition
on the partof the public to eharge pub -
Lie service corporations for the use of
public property."
"The people are ungrateful," mourn-
ed Governor Waver, who bad enriched
himself tlarough furnishing elect ie
light at itis own price to a pebiie
which had known nothing better than
gas. ' "aha moment they see a prod
on their luxuries they want park of it
itkn undivided surplus such as the street
Oar company has bad is a constant
Menace."
"That was a. sinking fand for eadise
Stens and improvements," Marley ne+
Minded him. 'Tice stockholders
no right to ask for a division "
" 'bey'aou1d if we bal'l'ot put it out
Of bay's road," insisted the gni
That much has been saved to
men who really earned it, huh 1
not like to see a similar profit
To my mind, a 7 per cent divid
an eiea_worae
tce.
Come and watch me smoke a cies
te." he begged her. "I've been try-
to
;gain the entire evening, but there s
41.1 amble around you that tbe attempts
teide me feel undignified."
lanend worry a lot about that," she
.1'N'31snentilidn't I?" he laughed. "Will you
11 if me step out on the terrace?"
i don't know how," she happily told.
. and they hurried outside, where
ee led her ao a seat in the moonlight
d deftly made her comfortable with
ee cushione from as many chairs,
;ledge and Senator Allerton Passed
em as he lighted his cigarette, and
looked after Sledge until the match
rned his fingers.
-There is the biggest man I' have
aeleu in a long while," he remarked as
. h4 sat beside her on the settee.
aThey say he is not only the boss of
tile eity, but of the state," replied Mol-
ly. very mech intereated. "You knew
that. dkIn't you?"
"Of course," he acknowledged, "but
scarcely think that would influence
It
Many men of more power and itailuence
tlaan he has at present, but none of
them, so far as I can- recollect, seemed
to hate his elenaental force. Wherever
him in a savage co'antry and be -would
Ileking."
A. huge figure approached them.
"Hello, Watt," rumbled the deep
Voice of Sledge. "My dance, Molly."
"Well, you having a good timer
esked Sledge, sitting comfortably In
e seat Mr. Watt had Just vacated.
"The time of my life," she assured
him, with happy animation.
"That's the word," he heartily ap-
proved. "If there's anybody here you
Want just tell Cameron. If he don't
trot 'em right over tell me."
' "The mayor has been very kied,"-a.c-
owledged Molly, beginning to won -
"He's got his orders," returned
%edge complacently. "Let me see
our dance program.". and. he took it
m her lap, "I thought so," he cont-
ented. "There's a dark horse turned
and you didn't get bim."
"A dark horse?" she faltered.
"A ringer," be explained. "Lord
Biannchase. Andrew Lepton, tbe big
coffee monopolist, sneaked him in here
under an alias. and nobody's On." He
puzzled over the card a moment. "Ex-
cuse me tIll I fix It." mid be stalked
away.
Molly sat silently, allowing a cold
,-reave of humiliation slowly to chill her
soul. Why, Sledge bad carefully pre-
arranged her triuraph of the evening.
,Ete had assumed control of her dawn
card and of her succession of (tangle-
ful tete-a-tetes. He bad driven nae
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Issue if it had not been for that I,
cent dividend."
"That's what it was for," in
lated Sledge, looking out of the
dew into the sunken garden and v
ly hunting the hand hole in tbe go,
"It bas served ILS purpose," gran
allerton, "but taxpayers are becorn
greedy. When they see the stockhold
ers of a public corporation making 7
per cent they want some of it arid t
to make the corporations pay part
their taxes. In every city of impor
tance the voters are demanding pay
for street ear frauchisee ;ankh*
the street railway compaelee. in add'
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"It's a bad outlook," agreed Clove
nor Waver. -Frankly, as soon as
receive my new issue of stock I sha
have it quietly placed on eale."
'Marley looked at hint indignantly.
"Why, the street railway -company
entering en the greatest period
prosperity in its career." be asser
"There'll be no trouble about fra
daises, The city is wild to' bave
improvements and must have them,"
A.11erton looked at him wonderingly.
"Wayer is right," he stated, sn
sell my own stock, and Ili Ventlire
say that Sledge has already made
lent arrangements for disposing of
Do you know that the franehises
prasent granted in this state are re
(Able and that it is not possible
serure one which is positively safe
longer than ten year periods? W
you come to the renewal of your f
chises, Marley, you will be met Wi
a demand for pay and will have ot
restrictions inaposed on you. Our p
ent franehif30 law, in view of the pu
lic tendency. is a bad one for
"Let's fix it," suggested Sledge,
"I'm afraid it's too late," prot
"Not for a new gag," dis
Sledge. "A new one can be put *
'4 fancy that there should be
tion samewhere," opined the ger
"No matter what cbanges p
sentiment, the investing elan,
which the.public depends tar
ity, must ahrays be protected.'
"But bowr Inquired the sena
"flow in this particular case?"
'Mead 'ens oft," grunted Slidd
'Ireepbag my stock."
"I'd be glad to told mine," etatid
senator. "But how is it to be made
future valuer
"That's up to vont" Sledge movie
rising. "Figure out and lee tee
Mt Marley,. today a man worth ereefe
a third of a million dollars in theettysfi
dignity. He was * trifle too
taut, too capable and too weal*,
be ordered about like a messenger
by a man who "Wight sherd:, be a
victed criminal. Molly had
an interview between her fatlaW
Bert on the' previous afternoon, an
Mr. Marley also now knew thIng
two.
"I would suggest tomorrow," be
ed coldly. "I should nattch pref
talk with you during business hotirs.
"'This ain't business," said Sledg
leading the way into the library. VT
e took a seat in an alcove.
Marley followed. him reluctantly.
, "If it is my family affairs"— he bet4
gan in protest. `
'Sit down," directed Sledge. "Bent
Glider has beeD making threats agai4n4a1
-1Ias he?" Inquired Marley noncorati
"Tell him to quit or make good,
dered Sledge.
"Really, Mr, Sledge, I don't aft Trkeltad
I can interfered' reproved Mr, m
-The matter is entirely between
and Bert"
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